Kindling: 12 Removable Prints Paperback – August 26, 2009

Well if you are interested in the book, it is pretty easy to find small images of the 12 prints included so you will know what you are going to get. Anyway if you dont like any of them you should quite obviously not buy it. If, however, you enjoy James Jean's work as much as I do, you should be quite pleased with this book. I havent removed any of the prints yet (since I dont have anything to frame the one(s) we want to hang), but they are a good size, and the reproduction is quite nice.There are some small gripes in that the multi-page (panel) paintings will have a crease in them since they are folded to fit the format. ANyway the prints are at least 11*14, and it will come in a huge box once delivered. I was pleasantly suprised since I didnt really read any of the details in the product description.

This is an absolutely beautiful book, named after James Jean's 2008 'Kindling' exhibition. The images are fantastical with themes of childhood, dreams and fantasies playing a large part.A3 in size, it contains 12 prints of some of my favourite James Jean works; 'Ballad' is a beautiful swirling yellow, red and blue piece with mice playing violins and banjos, 'Hide' is a teeming rabbit-warren of cabbage-headed children, 'Swan' is a delicate image of a girl and swans, and his haunting 'Hare', a ghostly grey and red portrait of an eyeless girl with a hare is a stand-out for me. Kindling also includes a gatefold print of 'Toymaker' (which ends up being 24"). Of course, this print then has a fold in the middle, but for the size and the details this then captures it is worth it.I bought the book with the intention to frame some of the prints (at least half of them I HAVE to have on my wall), and they certainly suit this purpose, all the prints are bordered with white or striking black. However, on opening the book from it's centre tab, I found that the layout of the book as an entire work has had as much thought put into it as the prints themselves. The thread that runs from the cabbage-girl's head to a mantis, praying to a ball of yarn, on opening the book weaves through a maze, watched over by a skipping willow-tree-child. There is text along the inside of the spine pertaining to the thread; the helix thoughts of the girl. The last image is of the mantis greedily crawling over a rotted cabbage skull filled with the red thread. (Yes, James Jean has a vivid imagination and his work is often off-beat and creepy - you have been warned.) On the back of every print is a preparation sketch for the particular work, and you can see sometimes small details that have been changed in the process of developing the art.A great deal of thought and energy has been put into making this release beautiful and meaningful to artlovers and I thoroughly recommend it to anyone who enjoys James Jean's artwork.Here is a list of the 12 works included:MazeHiveHideFountain 1Fountain 2SwanWillow (Horse)ToymakerShatteredBalladHareVanityYou can see all of these works at James Jean's website: [...]

This is an incredible value for anyone that is a James Jean fan! A beautifully composed book all together but the prints are easily removed for individual framing if you so desire. Hard to find Jean's work in other forms these days so snap these up!

I'm a fan of James Jean's art, and I bought this book hoping for some reasonably large prints I could put over my desk. I placed my order without checking the dimensions, assuming it'd be slightly larger than 8.5x11, and I was pleasantly surprised by the large size. I was also pleased by the heavyweight stock and the ease with which I could remove the prints from the book.If you're not sure you like Jean's art and want a better view than you'll get here, his portfolio is online (I'd link it, but it looks like those get removed from reviews) and these prints are a subset of the work in the "Kindling" section.

Wonderful prints by one of my favorite artists. I framed several for my bachelor pad. Might be a little creepy to have a transparent, naked, blue boy hanging on my wall, but haters gonna hate. The crease in the middle of the centerfolds is barely noticeable once framed.

I have long admired James Jean's work and had discovered it when I received a book of postcards of his work as a gift. I've always wanted to purchase a print but they can be so pricey at times. This book was perfect. The prints are relatively large, perfect to frame. But be forewarned: though my book was packaged in cardboard, I had still received it with a dent in the corner from shipping.

I love this. I'm so glad I talked myself into the purchase. The print quality is wonderful as well as the paper weight. They look great framed and have some really neat selections of his pieces.

I wanted to give this product five stars. However, the high quality of the prints and the more-than-reasonable price notwithstanding, the largest print has a crease right down the middle, making it unsuitable for display. Still, this book is worth every penny, so if you're a fan of James Jean's work, buy it. You won't be disappointed, despite its one flaw.

Amazing book! Bigger than I thought, prints are amazing, my boyfriend absolutely loved it :)

The images are awesome. Great price for what you get. Arrived very quickly and well packed so there was no damage

Bigger than I expected, its A3 size and for how little I paid just amazing.The packaging and prints are beautiful! and easy to remove without damaging them.Highly recommend.

Great quality, larger than expected and wonderfully presented.The prints are gorgeous, even though the folded one might not look great in a frame since the crease is very noticable.

James Jean, of course, is absolutely amazing so there's no doubt to the quality of these prints. I just want to add that for the canadian amazon, they have the dimensions in centimeters when I'm pretty sure (now that i've received them), that they should be in inches. so 12 x 16 inches, not centimeters. I'm just glad i waited for them to arrive before going to buy frames for them...